Vishnu Som

Air India Plane Slammed Into Wall At 250 Km Per Hour But Continued To Fly

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Friday October 12, 2018

Hurtling down the Trichy airport runway at 250 kilometres per hour, an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 struck poles at the end of the runway, rammed into the perimeter wall but still managed to fly.

Damaged Air India Plane Flew For 3 Hours, Clueless Pilot Asked To Divert

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, J Sam Daniel Stalin | Friday October 12, 2018

A Dubai-bound Air India plane flew for three hours with extensive damage to its body after hitting a wall during take-off from Trichy in Tamil Nadu late last night.

Report Claims Proof Of Reliance As A Must For Rafale, Dassault Denies

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 11, 2018

Rafale maker Dassault Aviation selecting Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as offset partner was a "trade-off" that was "mandatory" to win the 59,000-crore deal with India for 36 fighter jets, according to "internal documents" cited in a report by French investigative journal Mediapart. The report says that a top Dassault official, Loik Segalen, had e...

Defence Minister To Visit Dassault Factory In France Amid Rafale Row

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Wednesday October 10, 2018

After the Supreme Court asked the centre to provide details of how the Rafale fighter jet deal with France was finalised, sources have indicated to NDTV that the Defence Ministry is already putting together the necessary documents to be handed over to the court.

Need Details Of How Rafale Decision Made, Supreme Court Asks Government

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday October 10, 2018

In the middle of a huge political row over the Rafale fighter jet deal, the government was asked by the Supreme Court today to furnish details of its decision-making process in a sealed cover by October 29. The court clarified it would not get into "pricing or suitability" of the jets. "We are not issuing notice to the government," said a three-jud...

2 Jets Were Scrambled As Pak Chopper Violated Airspace: Air Force Sources

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Monday October 1, 2018

After a Pakistani helicopter entered Indian airspace at Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Sunday, Army sources have confirmed that two Indian fighters, most likely MiG-21s, were launched from Srinagar airbase to intercept the aircraft.

Plan B To Save Abhilash Tomy Was 4 Commandos Would Parachute Into Ocean

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Sunday September 30, 2018

On September 21, as Commander Abhilash Tomy lay incapacitated in the bunk of his battered sail boat, a 46-year-old Navy Captain was getting ready to carry out the most audacious rescue attempt ever attempted by the Indian Navy.

Pak Helicopter Violates Indian Airspace, Army Tries To Shoot It Down

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Debanish Achom | Sunday September 30, 2018

A Pakistani helicopter was spotted flying in Indian airspace at Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch today, following which the army tried to shoot it down, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. According to norms recognised by both India and Pakistan, helicopters are not supposed to come within one kilometre of the Line of Control or LoC and fixe...

"Sir-Ji, Break Your Silence": Shatrughan Sinha Appeals To PM On Rafale Deal

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Soumyajit Majumder | Thursday September 27, 2018

For the second time in less than a week, BJP parliamentarian Shatrughan Sinha has asked the government to clear the air on the multi-million dollar Rafale fighter jet deal.

Air Force Vice Chief Accidentally Shoots Himself In Thigh, Is Stable

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som | Thursday September 27, 2018

The Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo accidentally shot himself in the thigh on Wednesday.

Multiple Failures, Low Fuel, Zero Visibility: The Inside Story Of Air India Flight 101

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Wednesday September 26, 2018

"Had this landing approach not worked, we would realistically have been left with enough fuel for only one more attempt to put the plane down" says Captain Rustom Palia, the senior Air India Commander at the controls of the Air India Boeing 777 that landed in Newark on September 11 despite multiple systems failing on board.

Why We Chose Anil Ambani's Firm Despite Massive Debt: Dassault Sources

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Suparna Singh | Monday September 24, 2018

Dassault, one of the world's most established and experienced defence manufacturers, picked Anil Ambani's debt-ridden firm as a partner in India, "because it was registered with the MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) and had land in Nagpur which provided access to the runway," said top sources at the French firm, speaking to NDTV on the condition ...

Dassault Boss Video In Congress Tweet Pops New Rafale Questions: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday September 24, 2018

The chief of Dassault -- the company that manufacturers the Rafale fighter -- shared on camera that a deal with Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) to manufacture 108 Rafales in India was almost done, just two weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a brand new pact excluding the state-run aeronautics and defence giant. Tweeting a video of the ...

Air India Flight's Crisis Over New York: Chilling Moments On Tape

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Wednesday September 19, 2018

On 9/11, an Air India 777-300 with 370 passengers on board was on the most crucial phase of its flight - landing at New York's John F Kennedy airport - when the pilots were confronted with multiple systems failure.

With 370 On Board, Air India Flight Over US Reported A Pilot's Nightmare

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Tuesday September 18, 2018

"We're really, you know, stuck and there's no fuel," a terse message from Captain Rustom Palia, commanding an Air India Boeing 777-300 to Air Traffic Control in New York.